Checking in for roll call for another gf day!
*** YOU'VE GOTTA LAUGH, HAVEN'T YOU 🙂 ***
Strange, isn't it, that ....
... I read that 4,153,237 people got married last year. I'm not trying to cause any trouble but shouldn't that be an even number?
... I find it ironic that the colors red, white, and blue stand for freedom until they are flashing behind you...
... When wearing a bikini, women reveal 90% of their body... men are so polite they only look at the covered parts!
... Relationships are a lot like algebra. Have you ever looked at your X and wondered Y?
... My therapist says I have a preoccupation with vengeance. We'll see about that...
... I think my neighbour is stalking me as she's been googling my name on her computer! I saw it through my telescope last night ...
... If you think nobody cares whether you're alive, just try missing a couple of payments ...!
Going into day 13 feeling strong, this smash this and become gurus!!
Count me in Guys..4 days gambling free..
Welcome aboard, Raj - we want you to be a STRIVER!
Hmmm ... it's just occurred to me. I'm 48, so does that make me...
A NEWBIE STRIVING to be an ELDERly GURU? 🙂
Permission to come aboard skipper ? Abstainer the Elder reporting for duty . 104 Days GF and on a mission .
Loved your jokes this morning Mixer! Some crackers there! 🙂
Checking in Day 8 gamble free.
I shall remain so for the rest of the day.
Have a happy gamble-free day peeps.
Great to see you on board abstainer - great to have an elder as part of the group! the take up has been great!
Mixer loving the jokes - they've put a smile on my face!
Athena
*** IT'S GOOD TO READ ***
Being Gambling-Free means more time spent on more interesting pursuits. I've been clearing out some books, if anyone would like them. I'm only up to the As and Bs, but I'll have another clearout next week
‘Advantageous’ by Benny Fishall
‘American Breakfast’ by Chris P. Bacon and ‘Pancakes’ by Mabel Sirrup
‘Antibiotics’ by Penny Sillin
‘Are You Dancing?’ by R. U. Asking
‘Back Problems’ by Eileen Bent
‘Bacteria’ by Mike Robes
‘Beguiled’ by N. Tyesing
‘Blushing’ by Rosie Cheeks
‘Breakfast’ by Hammond Deggs
‘Breath of Fresh Air’ by Hal E. Tosis
‘Can you bricklay for me?’ by Bill Jerome Wall
‘Broken Window’ by Eva Brick
‘Bullfighting’ by Matt Adore
Good reads, every one of them 🙂
Seriously, though, there isn't nothing like a good book to dip into now and then. Something to escape to..!
Let's all have a GF Wednesday !!!!
Sure will..need to get into reading again..especially Steven King novels..
Indeed Raj. Perhaps not 'Misery' though ... being GF that's what we're trying to get away from ... 🙂
It's actually a very good book..!
"The contrast couldn't be greater in my opinion: gambling, especially the way we gamble, leads to comparative disaster and refraining, going GF, leads to comparative happiness." It's this myth I was trying to challenge with my post and tried to communicate being gamble free does not equate to happiness.
I can only talk from my experience but life is the exact reason for my gambling and the push to separate them as if they had no cause and effect is dangerous.
For me it comes down to this, is my life awful because I gamble or do I gamble because my life is awful?
For me it's the latter and everything I have seen from other people from the virtual to the real it's rarely the former.
Hey Robf, we don't need gambling as we don't enjoy it anymore. We will pull through this..please stay positive.
Hi Robf,
It's widely understood that often gambling is a symptom of an underlying issue, and should that be the case, it often helps to get to the root of the underlying cause.
Any strategy to stop gambling needs to look into as many aspects as possible, and this is often one of them.
You don't seem to be in a good place Rob, and I'm genuinely saddened for you.
Do consider contacting Gamcare, or chatting to someone, maybe your GP, to help you towards a better outlook. We all know whether being GF for a short or long period, life itself sometimes isn't easy.
All the best, Robf.
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